Multiprofessional Health Residency and Longitudinality of Maternal and Child Care in Primary Health Care

Primary health care is an important area for strengthening and organizing maternal and child health care, and one of its central and exclusive characteristics is the attribute of longitudinal care. The Multiprofessional Health Residency stands out as a training and permanent education tool that, when articulated with the Family Health Strategy, has the potential to strengthen primary care and its attributes. This study aimed to understand the effects of the participation of the Multiprofessional Health Residency in maternal and child care with a view to guaranteeing the attribute of longitudinality in primary health care. This is a qualitative, analytical-descriptive study based on the theoretical-conceptual perspective of phenomenology. It was carried out in primary care through individual interviews with residents, team professionals and users in a municipality in the interior of Rio Grande do Norte. A thematic analysis of the content of the interviews was carried out, followed by a triangulation of the data from the perspectives of the three social actors involved. It is understood that the Residency's participation in the management of the teams' work promoted shared and longitudinal maternal and child care, in addition to fostering teaching and learning processes based on the integration of education, work, and community, as well as humanistic and interprofessional practices aligned with the demands of teams, services, and communities.